May 18, 2007

Justin Idol: Viva la Revolucion

Trudeau suggested to the students the capitalist "machine" that sustains modern existence may also become modern civilization's downfall.

The system promotes exploitation of natural resources without accounting for future consequences of consumption, he said.

"Our capitalist model has given us tremendous things," Trudeau said. "But the time has come for us to look at it critically and try to improve on it, given the accelerated pace of change and the fact that we have limited space."

Randy Jackson “Yo dawg, I wasn’t feeling you tonight. I mean after 3 months seeing some very poor parts of Canada in that nomination, were you really feeling that CAPITALISM was the problem? So listen up dawg, go back to the drawing board, learn some of the classics, and stop embarrassing yourself every week.”

Paula Abdul “Well Justin, I think you were awesome this week. No matter what you do up here every week, people like me are still gonna love you. You really took something and made it your own. If there is anybody who can call for the overthrow of the capitalist system and still get mobbed for autographs, it’s you. Trudeaumania seems to become its own new beast by the day. Soon nobody will be able to recognize it.”

Simon Cowell “That was absolutely horrendous. Fire your speechwriter. What’s that? You write your own speeches? Fire Yourself. Hire Gerard Kennedy. He says lots of things without using anything substantive. Also what the bloody hell are you doing giving speeches in Windsor when you should be focusing on winning your riding?”

Antonio “Justin, Pop Quiz, what are the three pillars of current Dionista Liberalism: social justice, environmental sustainability, and…economic prosperity. The undecided voter usually tends to focus on that last one, so while we understand that we need to pick up the slack on the first two, tearing down the third one is hardly gonna help us get elected.”

Antonio, why do you keep on using that picture, which isn't the most flattering one? Grow up.

As for the capitalism comments, you're, of course, making it as issue because you didn't support Trudeau and are bitter about your Greek candidate's loss (also illustrated by your conspiracy theory involving Kennedy).

What Trudeau said isn't outrageous, as you'd love the Canadian voters to believe. There are evidently some problem with capitalism, such as environmental damage, which we are all witnessing today. What Trudeau is advocating is a capitalistic model, where ethical considerations are paramount.

I hardly understand why you don't agree with ethical capitalism? Perhaps you don't care that toxic ships are dismantled in India, causing numerous health/enviro problem, or that your shoes are made by child labour. Many Canadian do care about such problems with capitalism. NO ONE is advocating scrapping capitalism my naive friend. Simply that business be conducted ethically and make the most profit as possible.

I think you do care and agree with that, but it seems that you are just out to bash Trudeau any opportunity you get.

Had Trudeau just said that we need to "rethink capitalism" I might be concerned (although Im not sure why you would be as your economic tendancies are far more leftist than my own) but he also said "Our capitalist model has given us tremendous things" and instead of saying we should abolish it we should "try to improve on it".

I see nothing objectionable about wishing to "improve on" capitalism, as long as he is not advocating its overthrow.

His father once upon a time said a lot worse. Dig up his statements on "sharing" if you do not believe me.

I personally had a bit of a chuckle. What I find funnier is the NDP's Joy McPhail of all people saying that that Justin was wrong. This from a woman who is in a party led by a guy who wrote this look droning book about where he stands, and never once, ONCE endorses free markets. For anyone from the NDP to call a Liberal a pinko is a bit rich.

If Justin replaced the word "capitalism" with the word "economy", then no one would be saying anything.

that's it: tar and feather him and burn him at the stake. no politician should be telling people to "rethink" things, or to "try to improve" things...that is just radical extremist insanity. the staus quo is good...change is evil. seems young pollyannish trudeau thinks that elected leaders should try to effect positive social change for the benefit of mankind...what a fucking idiot!

If we are to act like a government-in-waiting, also must we have candidates competent enough be in government.It is about time somebody muzzled Mr. Trudeau. And Antonio is right: why is he not working the field in his riding anyway?

Antonio believes his job is to 'keep the light on the opposition' because other more wise bloggers are doing enuf on the gov't...Besides the hilarious American Idol comments, you've again created and spun the thinnest line into something that was never even said. He said 'improve capitalism' which in some americun states would be a hangin offence. So that's where your heart belongs, eh? Not one mention of Castro, no 'rejig our economy to give to the poor and take from the rich' manifesto. Instead, you puff yourself up to try and puncture 'improve capitalism'? What a radical idea... improving something that is at our core. Hmmm, maybe he's been spending too much time watching Dr Phil. But at least he doesn't have Antonio as his advisor, because heaven forbid the Big 'A' try and improve his thought process a little.But keep up the digging. You're making a fine ass of yourself.